# Smoke grenades not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** Console\ **Created:** [August 25, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303 "2019-08-25T13:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mccawwww](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mccawwww](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/mccawwww)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/1 "2019-08-25T13:18:00Z")
Hey guys don’t know if anyone else has experienced this but i’ve been trying to level up my medic and i’ve had a few problems with the smoke grenades. When I use the Grenade Launcher it’s almost 50 50 if it’ll go off or not. Just wanted to get this out there. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![dICEHOUSE](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/dicehouse/32/101027_2.png) [@dICEHOUSE](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/dICEHOUSE)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/2 "2019-08-25T22:11:00Z")
Can you explain more? Maybe you’re just out of ammo? ---
**Author:** ![mccawwww](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mccawwww](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/mccawwww)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/3 "2019-08-26T07:35:00Z")
When I shoot a smoke grenade out of the launcher sometimes it won’t go off and it just kinda disappears. It has happened a multiple times to me already and when it first happened I thought maybe it just bounces or something but then it happened again and I tried to see where it went and it just didn’t go off. ---
**Author:** ![TTZ\_Dipsy](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/ttz_dipsy/32/103902_2.png) [@TTZ\_Dipsy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TTZ_Dipsy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/4 "2019-08-26T08:23:00Z")
I remember reading somewhere on Twitter that your enemy does see the smoke you throw, it’s just some client side bug that makes it so you can’t see. That said, under certain conditions, grenades can sometimes not pop naturally - for example your grenade could have landed in a body of water or maybe you fired it too close to an object for the fuse to go ---
**Author:** ![dICEHOUSE](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/dicehouse/32/101027_2.png) [@dICEHOUSE](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/dICEHOUSE)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/5 "2019-08-26T17:25:00Z")
Yea, if you hear the ’ suction ’ upon firing sound then a ’ balloon pop ’ sound, the smoke grenade did go off. Doesn’t mean you will always necessarily see it depending on where you shot it and how far. ---
**Author:** ![KingRofty](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@KingRofty](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/KingRofty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/6 "2019-08-28T10:47:00Z")
Also, if you get shot through the smoke, it might be that a recon put up a spotting flare or you got marked by a Support Machine gunner. ---
**Author:** ![full951](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/full951/32/102018_2.png) [@full951](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/full951)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/7 "2019-08-28T11:08:00Z")
Yes. This is also a thing on Xbox. It seems to fail most often when trying to pop one off at your feet. Or that’s just the roll of the dice when it’s been failing for me. Now that I think about it, maybe the smoke clipped thru the map floor ---
**Author:** ![UglyNoah](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/uglynoah/32/101000_2.png) [@UglyNoah](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/UglyNoah)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/8 "2019-08-28T21:58:00Z")
yeah that smoke shows for everyone else, so it’s actually a good thing if you don’t see it, start shooting at your blind enemy ASAP! ---
**Author:** ![mccawwww](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mccawwww](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/mccawwww)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/9 "2019-08-29T07:11:00Z")
> [@UglyNoah](#): > > yeah that smoke shows for everyone else, so it’s actually a good thing if you don’t see it, start shooting at your blind enemy ASAP! Its a feature not a bug hahaha ---
**Author:** ![The\_BERG\_366](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/the_berg_366/32/101051_2.png) [@The\_BERG\_366](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/The_BERG_366)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/smoke-grenades-not-working/108303/10 "2019-08-29T13:45:00Z")
@mccawwww you need to shoot the smoke launcher far enough away from your position (this mechanic was already present in previous game with frag launchers). if you shoot it too close to you it will hit the ground before it is “primed” and ready to explode so it will just bounce and disappear. this catches me quite often as well (still sometimes underestimate the critical distance) especially when i want to smoke my own position to get rid of a sniper spot. i just use the normal hand thrown smoke grenades for that now whenever possible.